This project works well after the AP exam. It needs a fair amount of hand-holding initially. Kids have told me they enjoy it (for a project anyway) and they learn APA style and the research process. ~Sara
I use this in my Introductory Psych class for students to research a specific psychologist. You will need to include a 'doll' outline (similar to a faceless gingerbread man) for consistency.
The Secrets of the Wild Child: A documentary on Genie-the 13 year old feral girl discovered in California; use to discuss the significance of 'nurture' in development. Musk Sticks: Use to demonstrate assimilation/accomodation with Piaget Musk Life Savors
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General Psych College Resources
BYU Psych111 course home page with handouts and resources available for every chapter.Review Handouts
200_Psychological_Analogies_for_Your_Pleasure1[1].pdfAnswer_Key200_Psychological_Analogies_for_Your_Pleasure1[1].pdf
Vocabulary on Exam by Frequency.pdf
Large Semester Projects
Research Methods and Approaches
Biological Bases of Behavior
Sensation and Perception
Senses
Hotel California (Sensation, Perception, and Cognition)
Memory Chart-Hotel California.ppt
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/16778-the-five-senses-smell-video.htm
Hearing
-Shows the effects of hearing loss as evident by the loss of higher frequency (most of the slides are a bit juvenile.)
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/virtualexhibit.cfm#
Mosquito
Gorilla basketball **video**
Moonwalking bear **video**
Michael Bach Optical Illusions Page
Illusions
http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/illusions.htm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cracking-the-da-vinci-code
Card Memory Trick
http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html
States of Consciousness
Mouse PartyDoze Family
Learning
Baby Albert SummaryPavlov Video
Little Albert ClipSniffy
Xtreme Rat Challenge
Cognition
This is Daniel Tammet- the man from Britain who can recite the numbers of pi.
Stroop Test
Stroop Test 2
Women who cannot forget
Motivation and Emotion
Motivational Speeches in FilmLie To Me Fox Streaming Video
11 Minute video with Paul Eckman
Eckmen Links and Videos
Laughing Babies
Biodots
Developmental Psychology
The Secrets of the Wild Child: A documentary on Genie-the 13 year old feral girl discovered in California; use to discuss the significance of 'nurture' in development.
Musk Sticks: Use to demonstrate assimilation/accomodation with Piaget
Musk Life Savors
Personality
Oriental Trading Company (to purchase blank white masks)
Testing and Individual Differences
Chitling TestAbnormal Psychology
DSM-IV TRExcellent New York Times video of a schizophrenic brain throughout maturation--shows deterioration and effects of drug treatment.I
Interview with Trudi Chase, the author of When Rabbit Howls
A and E streaming video of the show Obsessed
60 Minutes - video - Mr. Lopez and Mr. Ayers (basis for "the Soloist")
Treatment of Psychological Disorders
PBS The LobotomistSurgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own.
Social Psychology
The Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiement: A Class Divided